This is a monoblack aggro deck. The goal is to get some big things with wings and then beat your opponent's face in. Or use Mogis' Marauder to swing for the win.
This deck has three one drops:
Rakdos Cackler
,
Tormented Hero
, and
Gnarled Scarhide
.
Rakdos Cackler
is the best turn one play because he has the most p/t and will either kill their one drop and survive or swing for a bit of damage.
Tormented Hero
enters tapped and can trade with 2-drops. His heroic doesn't look that impressive, but every point of life matters in an aggro deck.
You should only play
Gnarled Scarhide
turn one if you have no other one drops in hand, because he can be helpful late game. He is still a great card however. Early game, he beats face and trades with most 2 drops, late game he can give one of your creatures a little boost.
This deck has two 2 drop creatures,
Pain Seer
and
Spiteful Returned
and two two-mana instants: Bile Blight and.
If you can, you should normally play
Pain Seer
turn two. His ability isn't that hard to activate between
Hall of Triumph
,
Mogis's Marauder
and all the bestowers. And even if you can't get his ability activated, he's still a
Walking Corpse
.
Its best to hold off on a turn two
Spiteful Returned
unless you have a
Mogis's Marauder
in hand. Spiteful is best when you can bestow him on a flier or
Pain Seer
, but if you are desperate for a creature you might want to play him turn two.
Bile Blight is an awesome 2 cmc instant. Its great against Pack Rat or tokens, and it can be just used as a straight up kill spell.
The four three cmc creatures of this deck are
Herald of Torment
, Master of the Feast,
Lifebane Zombie
and
Mogis's Marauder
.
Herald of Torment
is a solid card. Turn three he can beat up your opponent a good deal, and turn five he can let you keep getting cards with your
Pain Seer
.
Master of the Feast is a 2 of because he isn't great against a lot of the current popular archetypes. He can deal quite a lot of damage though.
Lifebane Zombie
is near-brokenly powerfulg, but I use only 2 because he is awful against Mono-Black.
Mogis's Marauder
, like
Lifebane Zombie
, is great normally, but awful against Mono-Black.
Hall of Triumph
is actually a pretty neat card. It allows this deck to have an anthem which is always handy.
Hero's Downfall is a straight up better Murder. Killing planeswalkers is very good in the current format. This card was originally in the sideboard, but I put it in the mainboard because it works so well against a lot of archetypes. Against control, it kills Elspeth and Jace. Against Aggro, it kills Ajani, Caller of the Pride. Against Monsters, it kills Domri and Xenagos. Against Burn, it kills Chandra. It isn't that useful against Mono-Blue or Mono-Black devotion, but you can still just use it as a Murder.
